Module 6 Review

Managing and Editing Your Photos

Types of Photograph Files RAW

Files have not been processed by your camera or computer.

They give the photographer the most flexibility when adjusting the image for color or exposure after the photograph has been taken.

Best to wait to use RAW files until after you are comfortable with photo editing

JPEG Most common type Fine records the most information on the digital file A disadvantage is that it is compressed

TIFF Hold more information than JPEG files

What’s the Difference?

Saving Your Pictures What is the most important aspect of

managing your digital photographs Backing up files

What is ‘SAVE AS’ used for? The function you should choose if you want to

make a copy of a digital image file to back it up You should save two copies of a photograph in

separate places if it is an important photograph that you don't want to lose

What is tagging? Attaching labels with descriptive terms about the photograph to a saved photograph

Tag! You’re

it!

Test Your Knowledge!

What is a file used to save photographs? A. RAW B. TIFF C. JPEG D. All of the above

Test Your Knowledge! What is the most important aspect of

managing your digital photographs? A. saving your files B. tagging your files C. backing up your files D. organizing your files

Types of Editing Options

What should you do before editing a photograph? Save a back up file

What is resize? Changes the size of a photograph

What is crop? Allows you to select a part of the photograph while it deletes the non-selected parts

What is exposure? Choose for a photo that is too light

What is saturation? Choose for a photo whose colors are faded

What are filters? Choose to make a photograph look like a painting, add

effects, or change colors

Odds and Ends It is important to avoid doing too much

editing to a photograph or it may look unnatural

Photographs that are too dark or too light can be difficult to fix with photo-editing software

What is photoshop? A common photo editing software

What is tilt-shift? Photography technique takes normal-sized items

and makes them look like they are miniature

Test Your Knowledge! All of these are types of editing options

except? A. saturation B. filters C. cropping D. tagging

Test Your Knowledge! What is Tilt-shift?

A. when you turn your camera 90 degrees

B. technique that takes normal-sized items and makes them look like they are miniature

C. used when you want to highlight more than one file

D. technique that takes miniature items and make them look like normal-sized